Public housing policy continues to exacerbate the concentration of poverty for lowincome household adults (LIHA), preventing their mobility to achieve or sustain affordable housing in low-poverty affluent neighborhoods. Successful design and implementation of public housing policy for LIHA has been elusive for policymakers seeking to address socioeconomic self-sufficiency problems in the United States. Wilson’s spatial mismatch theory on social transformation of the inner city was the theoretical framework for this study. This qualitative study utilized policy analysis and key interviews to explore the importance of public policy design and implementation in how the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) program influenced expected outcome for LIHA achieving socioeconomic self-sufficiency. Using a snowball sampling strategy, 4 in-depth semistructured interviews were conducted.